TWI Blog -Training Within Industry TWI Blog -Training Within Industry TWI is a sixty year old program that provided a foundation for the skill of Kaizen in Japan. Learn how this program was lost in the USA nearly sixty years ago and is only now being discovered in great companies like Toyota and others. 
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TWI Service Update - Japan 1956 Final Report
2008-06-05 08:00:00 Yesterday, I uploaded the refreshed version of the 1951 report which detailed the nationwide installation of TWI programs in Japan .Today, check out the 1956 version that details the installation of Management and Problem Solving training in Japan! This is truly a remarkable story - read about a piece of history that helped shape the direction of Japanese Management techniques. More About: Service , Report , Update , Final
TWI Service Update - Japan 1951 Final Report
2008-06-04 08:00:00 Jeff Maling and I spent a couple of hours doing some re-scanning of materials I found at WRHS. Thanks Jeff! A nice benefit is faster downloads for you...If you are into the history of Lean and TWI, than you need to download this report. It indicates that TWI had been introduced to the Japan ese in 1949 and about 500 Japanese JI trainers were clamoring for refresher training and a nationwide installation of the programs. Lowell Mellen of TWI, Inc. obliged them, offering the foundation for training through the famed multiplier effect, reaching thousands of supervisors over a four month period.Check out this 1951 final report upon the completion of TWI training in Japan! More About: Service , Report , Update , Final
Interview for Industry Week - "Introducing TWI"
2008-06-03 18:33:00 Jill Jusko has published the transcript of an interview she did with me on her current Training Within Industry article series. More About: Interview , Week
Lean Healthcare Follow-up to "The Checklist" by Atul Gawande
2008-04-16 20:36:00 If you didn't see this article check it out here....this is standard work 101 in healthcare, with phenomenal results:http://www.newyorker.com/reportin g/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_gawandeHere is the extremely dissappointing conclusion of this pioneering work in healthcare process improvment:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12 /30/opinion/30gawande.html?scp=11&sq= atul+gawande&st=nytPlease note the following emphasis (mine) from Gawande's op-ed piece:"this past month, the Office for Human Research Protections shut the program down.," Gawande writes. "The agency issued notice to the researchers and the Michigan Health and Hospital Association that, by introducing a checklist and tracking the results without written, informed consent from each patient and health-care provider, they had violated scientific ethics regulations. Johns Hopkins had to halt not only the program in Michigan but also its plans to extend it to hospitals in New Jersey and Rhode Island.'The government’s decisio... More About: Healthcare , Lean
Mogensen article by Ben Graham
2008-04-16 03:07:00 It's two weeks since I last posted...I've been busy with my company's annual Lean Summit. We visited Autoliv in Ogden, Utah. If you haven't seen this facility, you should contact the consulting arm of Autoliv and get in there. I've been involved with continuous improvement for about 10 years now, and this is the BEST application that I have seen. It should be, they won the Shingo prize at multiple facilities. Anyway, great job Scott and folks at Autoliv!I'll be uploading all of the great TWI, Inc. stuff I found at WRHC back in March. Need to get the rest of it scanned in.In the meantime, check out this great article by Ben Graham about Allan Mogensen -http://www.worksimp.com/articles/allan-m ogensen.htmDon't forget to visit www.trainingwithinindustry.net, the premier source for TWI content! More About: Article
5S Prescription for Waste
2008-04-02 22:00:00 I've been publishing some articles on how 5S is NOT a housekeeping program...the notion that it is cleaning campaign among many managers should be classified as an epidemic in the business community. Attached are some prescription labels you can put on bottles with placebos - hand them out to your managers tomorrow! Stop this treacherous disease in its tracks!Click on image to see full size!Don't forget to visit www.trainingwithinindustry.net, the premier source for TWI content! More About: Waste , Prescription
Lean Mfg News
2008-04-02 15:36:00 Two key points in the article link below:A new production plant, “while relatively small in scale, goes against a trend of auto manufacturing leaving the state for lower-cost regions.”And“The low value of the U.S. dollar made it competitive for Tomcar to establish production here.”http://blog.mlive.com/oak_busines s_review/2008/04/atv_manufacturer_locates _in_au.html****************************** ***************************************** *****Don't forget to visit www.trainingwithinindustry.net, the premier source for TWI content! More About: News , Lean
Industry news
2008-04-01 20:44:00 Developments in the current AAM strike…nobody knows what it means except some bloggers think that now AAM provided the cost justification for the $14hr wage proposal less benefits. If true, what does this mean for UAW negotiations.http://www.freep.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20080401/BUSINESS01/8 0401039/1014This strike is causing plant shutdowns as we speak….http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbc s.dll/article?AID=/20080401/FREE/57904968 2/1023/rss01&rssfeed=rss01Question: what problems are getting solved here by shutting down plants?********************************** *********************************Other industry news:Dell Computer, known for its configure to order business model is announcing plant closures.http://www.dallasnews.com/shared content/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/040108d nbusdell.1be6ad8c.htmlNecessary? Who knows, I’m not an expert and don’t know Dell’s finances. But I’ve always heard of Dell’s agile manufacturing systems and profitability, how is closing a pl... More About: News , Industry , Industry News |
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